Nafa grades are up

[Saskbone]

Well the yotes are graded and posted. Hope everyone has has good grades!

[jeffreys 21234]

Gonna cheak em our see how my first year in sask trapping paid off

[APAShooter]

Nope grades are brutal on mine... pray for high prices

[kingrat]

Hopefully they take them down and put my actual good grades up. Lots of damaged. And these were caught all around the same time as my other ones which sold last sale with good grades so must have got a grader in a bad mood. On the other hand my skunks all got good grades so comeon skunks

[APAShooter]

Originally Posted by kingrat

Hopefully they take them down and put my actual good grades up. Lots of damaged. And these were all around the same time as my other ones which sold last sale so must have got a grader in a bad mood.

Me too... same deal.

[Saskbone]

I thought I would be hearing good news on grades. I was kind of curious how everyone else's grades were because mine were really good. I even managed to get one in the top lot. Been trying for a long time and have come close. Funny thing is I never noticed a yote that really stuck out in the pile, lots of nice yotes just not a standout.

[gman1978]

Originally Posted by kingrat

Hopefully they take them down and put my actual good grades up. Lots of damaged. And these were caught all around the same time as my other ones which sold last sale with good grades so must have got a grader in a bad mood. On the other hand my skunks all got good grades so comeon skunks

All my early coyotes were on the first sale and graded xcellent. Above my expectations in fact. All my best coyotes are on this sale and they did not grade as good. Not sure why as I am sure there is a reason. Over all I am still very happy with the grades but still I have to scratch my head a little!

[HunterDave]

Congrats on the Top Lot Coyote, Saskbone! I hope that you get as much as the last Top Lot sold for!

Grades aren't as good as last auction but still pretty darned good. Not as many labeled furs and a few more section III's (shot dogs I guess) will bring my average down but the bottom line should look great. If prices stay the same as last auction I'll be very happy.

Now where's my one frozen out muskrat?

[H380]

Originally Posted by APAShooter

Nope grades are brutal on mine... pray for high prices

Me too bud , an eye opener for me .. I thought they were better than the first sales offering .

[spot and stock]

All in all not too bad. Best dog is in lot number 2, 8 total in the top 20. Only a couple 11's so that's positive. More damage than I expected but most are SDA MED 1-4 so should hopefully still sell good.

[HunterDave]

So, you guys posting are reporting the same as what my grades sound like.......more pelts graded damaged. I had fewer Labeled and about 3 times as many Damaged compared to the last auction. I had quite a few more shot coyotes in this one so that may explain that. I also felt that the quality of fur dropped off fairly early this year compared to the last two seasons so I'm not too surprised by getting fewer Labeled pelts. Last year I trapped coyotes right up until the last day and this year I pulled my snares at the end of January.

Last night I compared prices to grades from the last auction and in the end, if prices remain the same, my average should only drop about $6. That's still a slightly better average than I got last year so I can live with that.

Labeled 10.3%
I-II 39.7%
II - 30.9%
Damaged - 19.1%

[gman1978]

Originally Posted by H380

Me too bud , an eye opener for me .. I thought they were better than the first sales offering .

I am by no means an expert but have been shipping to Nafa for over twenty years. I only shipped my best and still had a few graded damaged. I think I need some glasses. My coyotes are also better than what I sold on the first sale but the grades sure didn’t reflect that. See what happens.

[HunterDave]

Whiskeywillow.......click on the wild fur tab and contact Mary here: http://www.nafa.ca/contact-us/